Saw filing gauge



R. H. DEURMYER EI'AL 2,407,736

SAW FILING GAUGE' Sept. 17, 1946.

Filed May a, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheetl Inventors 6250 YO I/M ZM Q H. DEU/ZMYEQ P 19464 R. H. DEURMYER ETAL 2,407,736

SAW FILING GAUGE Filed May 8, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 17, 1946 UNITED" SAW FILING GAUGE Richard H. Deurinyer, Eugene, and Cleo G.

Yocum, Cheshire, Oreg.

Application May 8, 1945, Serial No. 592,634

'This invention relates to an improved gauge to guide a filer in correctly filing the teeth of hand and other types of straight saw blades,

and one of its objects is to provide a gauge with means for establishing. the exact cutting profile or edge to be given a tooth of a saw blade, which will serve as a positive match for filing the tooth. Another object of the invention is the provi- Fig. 3 is an elevation, showing one side of the V gauge.

Fig. 4 is a similar view, showing the other side of the gauge.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practical embodiment of our invention, 5 designates a main frame bar, which is formed with parallel longitudinal side edges 6 and I, and with concave intermediate faces 8 and 9, on the opposite sides thereof. The bar 5 is further formed with transverse openings It, designed to lighten the same.

The bar 5 is equipped with a plate I I attached to the side edge 6, by the rivets I Ia, and a second plate I2, attached to the same side edge by the rivets I211. The bar 5 is formed with-an approximately L-shaped opening I3, which thus provides the long diagonal side face I3a and the short diagonal side face I317. The plate II has its inner end disposed adjacent to the left end of the opening I3, and the plate I2 is formed with a finger IZb, which is deflected inwardly against the short diagonal end face IBD, and is relieved at IZc to provide a clearance for the sliding movement of the cutting teeth of the saw blade. The two plates II and I2 are disposed in longitudinal alignment, and both plates are wider than the edge 6, so that a stop flange is thereby provided on each side of the bar 5,

3 Claims. (01.76-46) along which the cutting points of the saw blade are placed and the saw shifted horizontally.

Against the side of the plate II a third plate or strip I4 is secured by one of the rivets I la, and this plate or strip is arched outwardly at Ida to provide a spring arm, which is reduced at Mb to increase its resiliency. This spring arm is formed with a diagonal terminal finger Mc, which projects into the L-shaped opening I3, and the inner end of this terminal finger is formed with a notch I5, through which the cutting points of the saw teeth are moved. The notch I5 and the clearance I20 are disposed in the same plane, so that the saw blade resting on the upper surface of the bar 5 will slide through the clearance and the notch.

The spring arm Ma is equipped with a screw I ,6, which is threaded, through this arm so that its point will engage the plate I I, and this screw is provided with a circular head IBa, which is marked by an annular row of figures from. 1 to 0, consecutively, and spaced equally apart. The edge of this head is formed with latching notches, one of each of which is located opposite each number, and a spring pin II, secured at its inner end to the spring finger is adapted to snap into and out of each notch as the screw is turned.

The side edge I is formed with an opening I8, located in opposition to the L-shaped' opening I3, but not centered on the opening I3, and is provided wtih plates I9 and 20, which are secured by the rivets 2| to the side I, so that the side longitudinal edges of both plates will project laterally of the bar 5, as in the case of the plates I I and I2 of the side edge 6. The plate I9 has its inner end disposed at one side of the opening I8, and the plate 20 has its inner end disposed at the other side of the opening I8.

A bridge member 22, which may be a casting or stamping, is secured by rivets 23 across the opening I8, and the intermediate and inner side portion of this bridge member is outwardly relieved and a screw 24 is threaded through the bridge member with its axis perpendicular to the plane of the plates I9 and 20. This screw is provided with a circular head 24a, which is marked by a circular row of numbers from 1 to 0, consecutively. This head is also formed with latching recesses or notches 241), one opposite each number, and a spring pin 25, secured to the bridge member 22 engages each notch in turn.

The diagonal finger I40 of the plate I4, provides means for controlling the angle of the cutting tooth, in working a fil by hand across the gauge, in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The angular fingers l2b and I40 also support the saw tooth which is being filed.

The screw 24 is given a similar adjustment to the screw l6, and the point of the screw 24 provides means for checking the alignment of the The working position the gauge is placedrin will, of course depend somewhat on the equipment available to the saw filer; V

It is understood that various changes in the arrangement, and in the use of materials required for construction, may be resorted'towithin the scope of the invention, as defined by the claims hereof. f I

Having described our invention, we claim as new:

l. A saw gauge, comprising: a. barhaving a straight edge with a recess between its ends, saw blade guides secured to said edge: on opposite sides of' the recess, one of said guides having an angular finger projecting into said recess. and relieved to provide a clearance for the saw blade, an outwardly arched spring arm secured to the bar: a terminal finger on said arm projecting into said recess, a screw threaded through the sprin arm to engag the bar and; adjust" the angle of the terminal finger; in said recess to establish the profile of the saw tooth to be filed and said terminal finger having ,a notch to allow the saw teeth to move through the finger;

2. A saw gauge, comprising the construction set forth in claim 1,, the screw having a head indexed with; consecutive numbers and provided with latching means, sawoguides on the opposite side of the bar, and a screw associated withthe lastnamed saw guides, a head on the last-named screw provided with a set of index numbers similar to the numbers of the first-named screw, whereby said second-named screw may be ad! justed to duplicate the adjustment of the first named, screw, for checking the filing of a saw blade.

3. A sawgauge comprising a bar, parallel faces on opposite sides of the bar, each such face having a recess intermediate its ends, asaw blade "guide secured to the parallel face on each side of details of construction, their combination and "each recess, the saw blade guides on one face extending laterally from the bar in a direction opposite that in which those on the other face of the barextend, an angular extension on one of the guides projecting into the adjacent recess, said angular extension being bifurcated to receive and support a saw tooth, an outwardly 'bowedspring arm carried by the guide on the side of the recess opposite that into which the angulair-extension projects; an angularxfin'ger on the arm projecting into the recess to establish acutting profile for the edge of a sawtooth located in the bifurcation in the angular extension, an indexed adjusting screw carried by the spring arm for regulating the angularity of the finger, a bridge member extending across the recess in the. opposite side face: of ,thebar, a screw carried by the bridge member and adapted to contact a tooth of a sawblade engaging the guides adjacent the. bridge member. and indices on the last-named screw coordinated with the indices on the first-named screw whereby the adjustment of the screws maybe duplicated for che'ck ing the filing of a saw blade whereby tooth to tooth variations may be eliminated. 

